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Etymology

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From puzzle +‎ -some.

Adjective

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puzzlesome (comparative more puzzlesome, superlative most puzzlesome)

  1. Marked by puzzling, puzzlement, or perplexity; perplexing; bewildering
    • 2012, Philip Bossert, Phenomenological Perspectives:
      These puzzlesome problems have led some philosophers to the idealist conclusion, namely, the view that there are no objects apart from their percepts, hence percepts do not resemble anything other than perhaps each other.